End-gate



(No Model.)V I A Y v J. CUNINGHAM.

. l BND GATE. No. 381,057. l Patented Apr. l0', 1888.

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UNITED ,STATES` PATENT 'OFFICE;

JOHN OUNINGHAM, or MANrro, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Leners Patent No. 381,057, dated Apen 1o,188s. fj Y Application tiled January 4, 17888. Serial No. 2517-69. (Nomodel.)

.Zo all whom may concern: f

Be it known that I, JOHN C UNINGHAM, a citizen' of the United States,residing at Manito,

in the county of Mason and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Scoop-Boards andEnd-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is a combined end-'gate and ychute or scoop-board for usein hauling corn,

vegetables, coal, and other materials; ,and it.

consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, and

pointed out in the appended claim. In the accompanying drawings, Figurelrepresents a perspective view of the end of a which extendslightly'inward toward the wagon.

The said brackets are made of strapiron, and have their dat ends d2secured to the extended ends of the cross-bar d by suitable bolts, d3,and nuts engaging the tapped lower ends thereof, the bearing-loop beingformed at v the middle portion of each, as shown.

y'E is the combined end-gate and chute, somewhat longer than the sidesof the wagon are y high and vprovided with side-boards ee,whichAjournal-bar, the ends of which are rounded and engaged in thebearing-loops d. The front or upper edge, f,'of thebottorn of theend-gate is rounded'and turns and llifts on the rounded upper edge, g,of the end of the' door ofthe l vated position.

wagon-body,when the end-gate is turned 'sofy that thev journals of thebar F are liftedin the loops of the bearing-brackets. v'Ihusthe lower orinner endsfof vthe kside-boards earec'aused tobind on the floor of thewagon and maintain the endgate closed should the fastening. de;

vices, hereinafter: described, vbecome ldisconnected.

G are the vertical ways secured sides of the wagon-bodyr at its end to'receive the'ordinary end-gate fit-ting therein. When the combinedend-gate and chute is used, the Y ordinary end-gate is removed,.thecombined end-gate and chuteV fitting between the ways.

It is evident that kshould it be necessary to use the ordinaryend-gatethe bearing-brackets can be unbolted from the cross-bar d and thecombined end-gate and chute detached therefrom. i

H is a brace-bar extending acrosstheinterior of the wagon-body with itshooked ends engaged in staples or eyebolts h, securedto the 75 sides ofthe body in front of the end-gate when raised. The purpose of thisbrace-baris to brace the wagon-box. v

I I arerod's pivoted or swiveled uponthe ends of the transverse bar i,secu/red, to the outer free end of the end-gate. The said rods yhavetheir free ends hooked at J to engage l yeither the staples B or C oneach l sideof the. wagon-body. The hooks J engage thestaples B when thegate E is closed or raised, closing the end of the wagon-body, and thesaid rods and staples then maintain the gate kin its eleY When the gateislowered, it isy held in position, inclining slightly upward fromy theend yof the wagon by engaging'the hookJ in the staples C. The end-gatecan then act as a chute orinclined plane to quickly load or unload thewagon. When dumping, the

end-gate may be lowered, as'described,have

part of the load shoved thereon, and `rnay be e then'entirely lowered bydisengaging-the hooks J from thestaples .0, thus depositing its loadquickly in the desired spot.' When theen'd` gate is turned down, theside-boards prevent the load from fallingo at the sides. g The endboardconstructed as described makes 'a very convenient, simple, yand usefulattachment *to` a wagon for loading and unloading the same. y'.

Having describedv myinvention, I claim,- 'Iher combination of thewagon-.body having the upper edge of its rear end made convex, thecross-bar d, secured to the bottom of the body at its rear end andprojecting beyond the sides thereof, the bearingbrackets formed from asingle metallic strap having its middle portion doubled on itself toform the upward and y inward extending loops d', and having their flatends brought together and rested on the ends of the cross-bar d, thebolts inserted vertically through said ends d2 and the crossbar, theend-gate having its upper inner edge made convex, the cross-bar F,secured to the JOHN GUNINGHAM.

Witnesses: l

RICHARDSAUTER, WM. BEEBE.

